OUR PRECARIOUS POWER SUPPLY IN SOUTH AFRICA - PREPARE FOR THE WORST! What to do when the power runs out If our electricity supply is suddenly switched off the following will happen very quickly: Most people are meat eaters. They won’t be able to cook their food, unless they have reserves of braai (BBQ) wood. They will get hungry. Backup generators will kick in. Many of these only have 16 hours of reserves which is seen as more than sufficient under normal circumstances, e.g. expected power failures of 1 to 4 hours a day. After 16 hours the Backup generators will stop working. Petrol pumps won’t be able to operate because they rely on electricity. All transport will stop within days. There is only 4 days of food in our supply chain, and without transport, our just-in-time systems will not be able to be replenished. And there won’t be transport to get diesel to our backup generators. Water pumps won’t be able to operate because they rely on electricity. So we will be without water very quickly. We won’t have drinking water and we won’t be able to flush our toilets. And we can survive for 2 weeks without food, but we cannot survive for 2 days without water. How many people have got water backup at their houses and businesses? Within days, fridges and freezes will get hot and food stored in them will be useless. Within one to four days there will be a complete breakdown in all forms of civil obedience. Hungry, desperate people, who normally aren’t violent, will suddenly become violent as they search for food and water. South Africa is one of the very few countries in the world with ample raw materials, e,g coal (for power stations and coal to oil), off-shore gas, bauxite (for aluminium), iron ore (for steel), platinum, more than enough space for food if we use it wisely, more than enough minerals for our own companies to manufacture and for us to be a net foreign currency earner, i.e. more exports than imports. We have more than enough people to do the work. The only thing missing is ELECTRICITY. Eskom can supply about 30 GW, but South Africa’s real demand is closer to 100 GW. Eskom and the government (DA and ANC) holding onto the power they have in their small electricity incomes are missing the bigger picture of how electricity can change South Africa’s economy. So should we care? And what solutions are at hand? Renewable Energy isn’t only about electricity. It is also about water, about food, and about self sufficiency. So renew your energy and keep yourselves secure.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:54:11 +0000
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